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Analysis of Hydrogen Production Cost by Production Method for Comparing with Economics of Nuclear Hydrogen  

Lim, Mee-Sook (Corporate R&D Center, SK Institute of Technology, SK Corporation)
Bang, Jin-Hwan (Corporate R&D Center, SK Institute of Technology, SK Corporation)
Yoon, Young-Seek (Corporate R&D Center, SK Institute of Technology, SK Corporation)
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Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society / v.17, no.2, 2006 , pp. 218-226 More about this Journal
Abstract
It can be obtained from hydrocarbon and water, specially production of hydrogen from natural gas is most commercial and economical process among the hydrogen production methods, and has been used widely. However, conventional hydrogen production methods are dependent on fossil fuel such as natural gas and coal, and it may be faced with problems such as exhaustion of fossil fuels, production of greenhouse gas and increase of feedstock price. Thermochemical hydrogen production by nuclear energy has potential to efficiently produce large quantities of hydrogen without producing greenhouse gases. However, nuclear hydrogen must be economical comparing with conventional hydrogen production method. Therefore, hydrogen production cost was analyzed and estimated for nuclear hydrogen as well as conventional hydrogen production such as natural gas reforming and coal gasification in various range.
Keywords
Nuclear hydrogen; Hydrogen production cost; Natural gas reforming; Coal gasification; Capital cost; Feed cost;
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